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China Plans Venus Mission to Seek Life by 2035

5/13/2025

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China's ambitious space agencies are gearing up for an exciting mission to explore Venus's atmosphere, set to launch between 2028 and 2035. This groundbreaking endeavor will search for signs of microbial life and delve into the planet's geological history. Complementing this, the innovative SmallSat concept, VATMOS-SR, aims to collect gas samples, promising to deepen our understanding of Venus's atmospheric secrets.

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China's ambitious space agencies are gearing up for an exciting mission to explore Venus's atmosphere, set to launch between 2028 and 2035. This groundbreaking endeavor will search for signs of microbial life and delve into the planet's geological history. Complementing this, the innovative SmallSat concept, VATMOS-SR, aims to collect gas samples, promising to deepen our understanding of Venus's atmospheric secrets.